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Lessons from 2023 to Bring to 2024
Letter from Integrated Work CEO Jennifer Lyn Simpson What an incredible, challenging,...
Being Adaptive in the Moment: Encouraging Flexibility to Find Innovative Solutions
In a dynamic world, when both the challenges and their potential solutions shift and change much faster than any good policy manual can keep up with, it’s much more effective to have a clear direction and guidelines that allow people who are close to the work to make smart choices in the face of dynamic conditions.
Finding Inspiration in Connection for Leadership and Change
How does opening ourselves to connections with natural and human networks help us unlock breakthroughs and creativity? That question was at the heart of a recent KOAN Conversation between Integrated Work CEO and the KOAN method author Jennifer Simpson and Center for Nature and Leadership founder Beverly Winterscheid.
Fostering Open Systems: Practicing Transparency to Fuel Breakthrough Ideas
While cultivating (K)ind cultures creates the conditions in which bravery can occur, fostering truly Open systems requires a sufficient foundation of trust for team members to take personal risks and build common-good solutions. However, many organizations can’t shake the longstanding habit of withholding critical information, which mutes creativity and disempowers team members. Creating an environment of mutual trust opens people up to want to do their best work and gives them the tools to do so.
Driving Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI): Go Beyond the Checkbox to Enable True Transformative Change
By now, we all know the value of creating more diverse and equitable workplaces — but even with all of the available information, learning how to drive true change in our organizations can still be a challenge. In this article, hear from three JEDI experts about how a custom approach can help organizations achieve their goals and build more innovative and resilient workplaces.
The Power of CARE: Reflections on Mental Health Awareness Month
During this Mental Health Awareness Month, perhaps the most important thing we can do is understand the prevalence of mental illness. The last few years have been stressful for all of us. For those living with anxiety or depression, or who have experienced extreme isolation, the impacts of the pandemic are more pronounced. According to the National Alliance on Mental Illness, 1 in 5 Americans experience mental illness; for 1 in 20 Americans, that experience is severe.
Grounded in Purpose: BREATHwork for Breakthrough Leaders
Sharing best practices. Providing an inclusive workplace. Listening and unlearning to drive...
Celebrating 25 Years of Growth at Integrated Work
As Integrated Work marks its 25th anniversary this April, we celebrate how our past continues to shape our future as a human-first business that aims to serve as a force for good in partnership with clients. Through the years, our woman-owned and women-led business has grown to provide consulting services for building high-performing teams, providing retreat planning and facilitation, assisting with purpose-driven strategic planning, and empowering the next generation of diverse leaders to succeed.